Hadn't done one of these in over a year, but I've been meaning to get back into the habit of it (if you can call two posts a habit), and the start of a new year seems like the perfect time for it ( Read more... )

1. Take better care of myself
2. Speak up
3. Chill
4. Stop calling myself ‘stupid’ every time something doesn’t goes well
5. Trust

This has been a somewhat troubled week. I got a large bill I wasn't expecting, and I've been dealing not just with paying it, but making arrangements to make sure it doesn't happen again.

It may seem like a strange thing to be thankful for, having to pay a large sum of money all of the sudden, but the truth is I did have the money. And when I look ( Read more... )

I’m having so much fun with screenwriting right now. It’s not that I hadn’t pondered the form before, I had some books on it, and started the screenplays for a couple of movies, but maybe because I was so focused on novels, it never really hit me the way it has now.

It’s not by any means easy, but that’s actually part of the fun. It is a challenge ( Read more... )

Done with NaNo for this year, unless a lightning bolt of inspiration strikes. I think I need to do more prep work on this novel, get to know the characters better, and sort the plot wholes in the outline before I get down to write it again ( Read more... )

Only had one good day of writing to be honest, which means I'm almost 10000 words behind, right now. Need to write at least 2000 words a day for the rest of the month to catch up. 

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Wasn't planning on entering NaNo this year - or ever again, quite frankly - but the muse dropped a lovely idea on my brain while I was sleeping a short while back, so I'm going to write it for NaNo. I'm very optimistic about actually finishing the 50 000 words this year, because I love the idea, and I already have most of the story plotted out in ( Read more... )